CFTC to Host Cryptocurrency CEO Forum to Discuss Digital Asset Market Pilot Program

January 12: BitMine, the largest Ethereum Decentralized Treasury (DAT) firm, has crossed the 1 million ETH staking milestone, with its treasury now holding over 4 million ETH total. After staking an additional 86,400 ETH yesterday, the company’s total staked ETH stands at 1,080,512—valued at approximately $3.3 billion. Based on the current 2.81% yield, it’s set to generate roughly $94.4 million worth of ETH annually.

Smart trader EMp115 spent ~$300K to participate in TROVE(@TroveMarkets)'s ICO ~40 minutes ago. The trader previously made $810.5K on $LIBRA and $695.7K on $GRIFFAIN.

January 11 (CNBC) — Walmart and Google announced a new partnership today that lets shoppers use Gemini directly to discover and buy products from Walmart stores and Sam’s Club, allowing customers to complete purchases without leaving the AI chatbot. Walmart previously struck a similar deal with OpenAI’s ChatGPT in October, as consumers increasingly turn to AI chatbots for shopping inspiration or to save time.

On January 11th, data from GMGN (via the link https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8) shows that popular Chinese meme tokens on the BNB Chain have recently seen a broad pullback following a general rally. These include: - **"I Stepped on the Horse"**: Market cap dropped from a peak of $52 million to $28 million, a roughly 46% decline. - **"I Am Your Father"**: Market cap fell from a peak of $18 million to $11 million, a ~39% drop. - **"Life K-Line"**: Market cap declined from a peak of $41 million to $16 million, a ~60% decrease. - **"Binance Life"**: Market cap slipped from today’s high of $188 million to $153 million, a ~18% pullback. - **"Hakim"**: Market cap dropped from today’s high of $48 million to $36 million, a ~25% decline. - **"Love Myself"**: Market cap fell from a peak of $2.9 million to $1.8 million, a ~38% drop. - **"Golden Shovel"**: Market cap declined from a peak of $3 million to $700,000, a ~39% decrease. BlockBeats advises users that meme coins of

On January 11, Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) approved the trademark registration for Tether—issuer of the USDT stablecoin—for its Hadron tokenization platform. Tether submitted the application to Rospatent in October 2025 and secured approval this month. Launched by Tether in November 2024, Hadron is a tokenization platform supporting real-world asset (RWA) digitization, including stocks, bonds, loyalty points, and commodities. It allows businesses to issue digital tokens on blockchain networks. The newly approved Russian trademark is valid through October 3, 2035, covering blockchain financial services, cryptocurrency trading/exchange, crypto payment processing, and related advisory services.

Jan. 11: MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor has once again shared information related to its Bitcoin tracker. Historically, MicroStrategy has disclosed its Bitcoin purchase details the day following such announcements. ### Notes on alignment with American English habits: 1. **Abbreviated date format**: Used `Jan. 11` (standard for U.S. news briefs, omitting year if context is clear). 2. **Clarity & accuracy**: Expanded `Strategy` to `MicroStrategy` (critical—Michael Saylor is *MicroStrategy*’s founder; readers would not recognize vague "Strategy"). 3. **Conciseness**: Replaced wordy phrases like *"released Bitcoin Tracker related information"* with *"shared information related to its Bitcoin tracker"* (natural, active tone). 4. **Temporal precision**: Used *"the day following such announcements"* (more idiomatic than *"on the second day after such news is released"* for U.S. news). 5. **Present perfect tense**: Applied *"has shared"* / *"has disclosed"* to emphasize rece